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[CITE: 42USC9203]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 100--WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS
 
Sec. 9203. Comprehensive program management plan


(a) Program activities and periods; consultations with heads of Federal 
        agencies and non-Federal organizations

    The Secretary shall prepare a comprehensive program management plan 
for the research, development, demonstration, and technology application 
activities to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The program 
activities shall be conducted in accordance with such comprehensive plan 
which shall include--
        (1) a five-year program for small wind energy systems,
        (2) an eight-year program for large wind energy systems, and
        (3) a three-year program for wind resource assessment \1\
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.

which shall be consistent with the provisions of sections 9204, 9205, 
and 9206 of this title. In the preparation of such plan, the Secretary 
shall consult with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, the Secretary of the Interior, and the heads of 
such other Federal agencies and such public and private organizations as 
he deems appropriate.

(b) Initial transmittal to Congressional committees

    The Secretary shall transmit the comprehensive program management 
plan to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate within nine months after September 8, 1980.

(c) Subsequent transmittals to Congress; descriptive statement: current 
        plan, changes, justification for changes, progress, interagency 
        cooperation, and recommendations for achievement of goals

    Concurrently with the submission of the President's annual budget to 
the Congress for each year after the year in which the comprehensive 
plan is initially transmitted under subsection (b) of this section, the 
Secretary shall transmit to the Congress a detailed description of the 
comprehensive plan as then in effect, setting forth the modifications 
which may be necessary to appropriately revise such plan and any changes 
in circumstances which may have occurred since the plan or the last 
previous modification thereof was transmitted in accordance with this 
section. The detailed description of the comprehensive plan under this 
subsection shall include but need not be limited to a statement setting 
forth with respect to each of the programs under this chapter any 
changes in--
        (1) the anticipated research, development, demonstration, and 
    technology application objectives to be achieved by the program;
        (2) the program elements, management structure, and activities, 
    including any regional aspects and field responsibilities thereof;
        (3) the program strategies and technology applications plans, 
    including detailed mile- stone goals to be achieved during the next 
    fiscal year for all major activities and projects;
        (4) any significant economic, environmental, and societal 
    effects which the program may have;
        (5) the total estimated cost of individual program items; and
        (6) the estimated relative financial contributions of the 
    Federal Government and non-Federal participants in the program.

Such description shall also include a detailed justification of any such 
changes, a detailed description of the progress made toward achieving 
the goals of this chapter, a statement on the status of interagency 
cooperation in meeting such goals, and any legislative or other 
recommendations which the Secretary may have to help attain such goals.

(Pub. L. 96-345, Sec. 4, Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1141.)

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Science and Technology of House of Representatives 
changed to Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of House of 
Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundredth Congress, Jan. 
6, 1987. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of House of 
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Science of House of 
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 9205 of this title.
